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Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
How San Francisco Renamed Its Schools — Last month, San Francisco's Board of Education voted, 6-1, to change the names of forty-four schools, including schools named after Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. A committee formed by the board in 2018, in the wake of the white-supremacist rally …
New York Times:
Trump Lawyer Asks to Pause Impeachment Trial if It Runs Into Sabbath — David Schoen, one of former President Donald J. Trump's lawyers, has requested that the Senate suspend the impeachment trial at sundown on Friday and on Saturday, potentially upending plans for a fast trial.
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Political Wire and Raw Story
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
EXCLUSIVE: New Video of Roger Stone with Proud Boys Leaders Who May Have Planned for Capitol Attack — Congressional investigators are reportedly looking into what role Trump associates including Roger Stone may have played in planning the assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6.
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Adam Rawnsley / The Daily Beast:
The Far-Right Militia Member Providing Muscle for Top Trump Allies and Aides — Oath Keeper Rob Minuta's apparent security role shows a troubling network of connections between members of the militia and some of Trump's closest advisers and supporters.
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Proof and Business Insider
Washington Post:
Trump's election fraud falsehoods have cost taxpayers $519 million — and counting — Donald Trump's claims that the election was stolen have forced local, state and federal agencies to spend millions enhancing security, fending off lawsuits and repairing property damage. The costs are mounting daily.
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Business Insider and Raw Story
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Kagan Warns the Supreme Court's New COVID Decision May Kill People — Late on Friday night, the Supreme Court blocked California's public health ban on indoor religious services in a splintered 6-3 decision that augurs a major shift in the law of religious liberty.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Partly Backs Religious Challenge to California Virus Restrictions
Supreme Court Partly Backs Religious Challenge to California Virus Restrictions
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CBS San Francisco, Washington Post, Washington Examiner, Axios and Althouse
Ben Leonard / Politico:
Trump impeachment lawyer says he'll use video of Dems' own remarks at trial — “If my eyes look a little red to the viewers, it's because I've been looking at a lot of video,” Bruce Castor said. — Bruce Castor, a former district attorney in Pennsylvania, will defend former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial.
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The Hill, Business Insider and 40 Years In The Desert
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Alex Swoyer / Washington Times:
Trump's defense team will show clips of Democrats urging violence in 2020
Trump's defense team will show clips of Democrats urging violence in 2020
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Crooks and Liars, Big League Politics and Associated Press
Matt Welch / Reason:
It's Official: Linguistic Intent No Longer Matters at The New York Times — The New York Times on Friday forced out its lead pandemic reporter, 47-year newsroom veteran Donald McNeil Jr., because the Grey Lady's management, under public pressure from more than 150 employees …
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Liberty Unyielding, RedState, Instapundit, TheGrio, Breitbart and Outside the Beltway, more at Mediagazer »
Mead Gruver / Associated Press:
Wyoming GOP censures Rep. Liz Cheney over impeachment vote — RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Republican Party voted overwhelmingly Saturday to censure U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney for voting to impeach President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
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CBS News, Raw Story, Townhall, Business Insider, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Politico, The Daily Caller, Bloomberg and Big League Politics
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Nick Reynolds / Casper Star-Tribune:
Wyoming Republican Party censures Rep. Liz Cheney
Wyoming Republican Party censures Rep. Liz Cheney
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New York Times, CNN, Fox News, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, UPI, The Gateway Pundit, Mock Paper Scissors, Newsmax and Political Wire
Financial Times:
Oxford/AstraZeneca jab fails to prevent mild and moderate Covid from S African strain, study shows — Impact on hospitalisations and deaths caused by variant not yet determined, according to preliminary findings — The Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine does not appear to offer protection …
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Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times:
Pushing QAnon and Stolen Election Lies, Flynn Re-emerges — Recast by President Trump's most ardent supporters as a MAGA martyr, Michael T. Flynn has embraced his role as the man who spent four years unjustly ensnared in the Russian investigation. — In Washington's respectable circles …
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Raw Story
New York Times:
How the Pandemic Left the $25 Billion Hudson Yards Eerily Deserted — The largest private development in U.S. history has attracted marquee companies, but is struggling with unsold luxury condos and a mall barren of shoppers. — When Hudson Yards opened in 2019 as the largest private development …
Toby Helm / The Guardian:
Fury at Gove as exports to EU slashed by 68% since Brexit — Hauliers say Cabinet Office minister ignored warnings, amid fears that worse is to come with introduction of import checks in July — The volume of exports going through British ports to the EU fell by a staggering 68% …
Washington Post:
Biden inherited a USPS crisis. Here's how Democrats want to fix it. — Party leaders have already begun discussions on major legislation — and trying to force out Louis DeJoy — The nation's mail service is slower and more erratic than it's been in generations, via the confluence …
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Marty Baron Considers His Time at the Washington Post — The soon-to-retire executive editor defends the idea of journalistic objectivity. “It's not neutrality, it's not both-sides-ism, it's not so-called balance,” he says. — On January 26th, Marty Baron, the executive editor of the Washington Post …
Jerry Lambe / Law & Crime:
Judge Orders OAN to Pay Rachel Maddow and MSNBC $250,000 in Attorney Fees For Filing Frivolous Defamation Lawsuit — A federal judge in California has ordered Herring Networks, the parent company of far-right conservative media organization One America News Network (OAN) …
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Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit and The Daily Caller
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Why the U.S. Needs the Romney Family Plan — America needs more babies. Public policy alone cannot deliver them, but it can help. — Family policy, the way that America supports (or doesn't) parenthood and child rearing, has always presented the best opportunity for serious bipartisanship in Joe Biden's presidency.
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National Review, Bloomberg and Washington Examiner
CNN:
Fake N95 masks have flooded the market. Here's how to tell the difference — (CNN)There's one mask guideline that hasn't changed throughout the pandemic — you definitely should be wearing one. — But what happens when you're not sure if your mask is real?
Louie Gohmert:
Rep. Gohmert Statement on Fine and Metal Detector — Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01) has issued the following statement on the accusation he broke new House Rule on metal detectors: — “This should come as no surprise, but Democrats are making up the rules as they go.
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Lawsuits Take the Lead in Fight Against Disinformation — Defamation cases have made waves across an uneasy right-wing media landscape, from Fox to Newsmax. — In just a few weeks, lawsuits and legal threats from a pair of obscure election technology companies have achieved what years …
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NewsHounds blog, HotAir, Forbes and Talking Points Memo, more at Mediagazer »
Allen Zhong / theepochtimes.com:
White House Appears to Confirm Hunter Biden Still Holds Stake in Chinese Private Equity Firm — The White House press secretary appeared to confirm that President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden still holds a stake in a Chinese private equity firm. — “He has been working to unwind his investment …
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One America News Network, Townhall and The Sun
John Binder / Breitbart:
Koch Network, Chamber of Commerce Lobby for Durbin, Graham Amnesty — The Koch's network of donor class organizations and the United States Chamber of Commerce are lobbying senators to help pass Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Lindsey Graham's (R-SC) amnesty plan for millions of illegal aliens.
Andrew Oxford / Arizona Republic:
Trump campaign paid Arizona state Rep. Mark Finchem $6,000 during effort to overturn election results — Former President Donald Trump's reelection campaign reported paying $6,037 to a business owned by state Rep. Mark Finchem while the lawmaker pushed for the Legislature to overturn Joe Biden's victory in Arizona.
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The Intellectualist and Raw Story
John Washington / The Intercept:
ICE Threatened to Expose Asylum-Seekers to Covid-19 if They Did Not Accept Deportation … Three Cameroonian asylum-seekers locked up at the Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center in Louisiana say that a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement guard threatened to expose them to Covid-19 …
Eleanor Mueller / Politico:
The pandemic is replacing people with tech — threatening the jobs rebound — Forty-three percent of businesses anticipate reducing their workforce due to an integration of technology. — A robotic conveyor uses laser guides to sort through materials storage at a distribution facility in Mason, Ohio, in May 17, 2017.
Joshua Skinner / KOSA:
FIRST ON CBS7: FBI raids home of Alpine man who took part in Capitol riot — Sean Watson says his actions at the Capitol on Jan 6. were necessary. — ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) -The FBI raided the home of a prominent Trump supporter in Alpine who took part in the Capitol riots.
Caroline Chen / ProPublica:
Why Opening Restaurants Is Exactly What the Coronavirus Wants Us to Do — Governors continue to open indoor dining and other activities before vaccinations become widespread. Experts warn this could create superspreading playgrounds for dangerous variants and squander our best shot at getting the pandemic under control.
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